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February 2, 2021 States spend only about a fifth of their combined federal and state dollars under the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) block grant on basic assistance for families with children, our analysis of the latest data from fiscal year 2019 shows, and several states spend less than a tenth. States are using their considerable flexibility under TANF, the primary cash assistance program for families with the lowest incomes, to divert funds away from income support for families and toward other, often unrelated state budget areas, as they h...

Campaign. tonight, chief national correspondent jim angle looks at the facts and the fiction surrounding proposals to fix it. >> they are preventing them to use waivers to reduce requirement in welfare reform law clin top signed in 1996. >> just to say they'll waive the work rule a large part of what made the 1996 bill a success, that is not right. >> it's also not legal says a former h.h.s. secretary who argues the administration doesn't have the authority to, i waivers. >> there is no opportunity to waive it. i think somebody is going to bring a lawsuit. somebody else isn't, i will. >> what ...

>> if the president wants to make changes or his administration has better ideas on how to administrate this area or this program they are welcome to come through congress. >> reporter: what started all this was a july 12th memo from the health and human services department in which it claimed it had the quote, authority to waive compliance and try other methods, including quote, definitions of work activities and engagement. many lawmakers saw that as a pow err grab because the original legislation did not authorize such waivers. the welfare law is two years overdue for reauthorization. they ...

is america doing enough to keep guns from getting into the wrong hands? a no hold's barred debate. plus, governor romney on welfare. >> he'd ask the middle class. it's like robin hood in reverse. it's romney hood. >> tonight, the campaigns square off. and a day at the beach turns terrifying. my prime-time exclusive of the survivor of the cape cod shark attack. this is "piers morgan tonight." good evening. our big story tonight, inside the mind of a shooter. jared lee loughner, the alleged gunman of the tucson shooting that killed six people and nearly killed gabby giffords entered a ...

it's romney hood. >> tonight, the campaigns square off. and a day at the beach turns terrifying. my prime-time exclusive of the survivor of the cape cod shark attack. this is "piers morgan tonight." good evening. our big story tonight, inside the mind of a shooter. jared lee loughner, the alleged gunman of the tucson shooting that killed six people and nearly killed gabby giffords entered a not guilty plea in a court today. a judge ruled him competent to stand trial. this comes after news the psychiatrist who treated the alleged aurora shooter james holmes was so concerned about his ...